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Originally Posted by MrPedantic Hello XM
Neither. I'd be disinclined to treat it as a cause and effect statement.
"The fact that you are prepared to eat chicken feet implies that you are prepared to eat anything."
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"I deduce from the fact that you are prepared to eat chicken feet the fact that you are prepared to eat anything."
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As a cause and effect statement, it would serve the purpose of showing a speaker's extreme surprise that someone would eat chicken feet.
If he'll do that, he'll do anything.
Do you know what I mean? It's kind of figurative, not to be taken literally.